books.google.de - In studying discourse, the problem for the linguist is to find a fruitful level of analysis. Carlota Smith offers a new approach with this study of discourse passages, units of several sentences or more. She introduces the key idea of the 'Discourse Mode', identifying five modes: Narrative, Description,...https://books.google.de/books/about/Modes_of_Discourse.html?hl=de&id=okPPSq1G1OQC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareModes of Discourse